In the second year of Jingtai, at the end of December, Jinan Fucheng, Shandong Town General Military Mansion.

At this time, it is already the end of the year, the snow is falling in the city of Jinan, the city is full of joy, the people have poured into the streets, began to buy New Year's goods, the streets are full of red, it seems to be very lively.

Nowadays, there are countless shops and restaurants under the Ministry of Commerce, coupled with the industries started by merchants from all over Shandong, people everywhere not only have a lot of income, but also have a lot of shopping options, and they can buy the New Year's goods they need at will.

Approaching the end of the year, Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, also began to get busy, and he didn't even have time to accompany Guo Muying and his two sons, and handled military affairs in the General Military Mansion almost day and night.

Liu Juntao first ordered through the Central Department to order Liu Zi'an, Minister of Intelligence, to send people to contact the military towns in various places, and to give New Year's gifts to the commanders of the towns when the New Year was approaching.

Especially Xue Tong, the chief military officer of Datong Town, and Lei Bo of Guangxi, Liu Juntao prepared a generous gift for each of them

Moreover, the Confucius Mansion in Qufu County, as well as the prefects of Datong Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion, and Guangxi will also send a copy.

As for Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, forget it, Yu Qian is notoriously poor, and he will never accept Liu Juntao's New Year's gift.

Therefore, Liu Juntao wrote a congratulatory letter to Yu Qian and sent someone to send it over.

After that, Liu Juntao began to pay attention to the dismissal of soldiers and horses in Shandong.

According to Liu Juntao's plan, the dismissal of soldiers and horses in the guards in various places in Shandong must be completed before the New Year, the vacancies in the guards in various places must be clarified, and those old and weak soldiers must be immediately dismissed and sent home!

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Shandong Town will conduct training for the remaining guards and horses, and all of them will be sent to the training camps of various prefectures and counties for training.

Those who passed were assigned to the battalions, and although the military department's enlistment department vigorously provided a source of soldiers, there were still some vacancies in the battalions, which happened to be replenished this time.

Those who are not qualified are all sent home, but these people must be registered in the Military Recruitment Department and the Household Registration Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and they must be trained in rotation with the young men of various prefectures and counties every year, and they must not shirk!

At the same time, under the leadership of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, Liu Juntao also mobilized 20,000 soldiers and horses to investigate the land of the military cantonments in various parts of Shandong.

Up to now, the soldiers and horses of Shandong Town have arrested more than 200 officials and gentry who encroached on the land of the military tun, and recovered more than 100,000 mu of the land of the military tun!

Liu Juntao handed over all the arrested officials and gentry to the Criminal Department, and the land recovered was also filed with the Ministry of War.

After that, Liu Juntao ordered the Tuntian Division of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to start recruiting people for farming, and everything was done according to the usual practice.

At this time, the dismantling of health centers in various parts of Shandong is in progress, and more than half of the progress has been made, but the time is still very tight.

Moreover, the commanders of the guards in various places, thousands of households, hundreds of households and other generals also had some complaints, after all, everyone was used to being majestic in various places before, and suddenly turned into battalion soldiers, and everyone was very uncomfortable.

So some of the generals of the guard station found the commander Xiang Qun, and wanted to ask Xiang Qun to operate on behalf of Xiang Qun and seek a good way out for everyone.

Seeing this, Xiang Qun was unmoved, but advised these old subordinates not to mess around, to act in accordance with the policies of Shandong Town, and not to make a futile life.

When those guards saw this, they were all dissatisfied, thinking that Xiang Qun was already in the twilight of the West Mountain, and he no longer had the courage to command the envoys back then!

As a result, some of the generals of the guard began to make trouble, but most of them still kept their senses and did not gather together to make trouble.

Xiang Qun was also angry and afraid when he saw that some of his subordinates had done such a thing, and immediately rushed to the General Military Mansion to ask Liu Juntao for his guilt.

After the Shandong Guard Office was abolished, the stay of Xiang Qun, the commander of the capital, became the focus of attention for a while, and the outside world also speculated about how Liu Juntao would place Xiang Qun.

However, for Xiang Qun himself, he has already regarded himself as Liu Juntao's subordinate in his heart, and he has no big expectations, as long as he is steady.

But now his old subordinates are stiff, and Xiang Qun understands that he can't be stable anymore!

Liu Juntao looked at Xiang Qun with a sad face, and was not annoyed, but laughed and said, "Haha! Isn't it just a few clowns who jump off the beam and come out to make trouble? Don't worry about it! ”

"It's all lowly and lax discipline, and please punish the general town!"

Liu Juntao patted Xiang Qun's shoulder and said, "Everyone has their own ideas, what do they have to do with making trouble?" For these jumping clowns, the town will clean up! ”

Then, Liu Juntao didn't wait for Xiang Qun to speak, and immediately said: "Today, Lord Xiang is just right, and this town is just here to discuss important matters with you!" ”

Xiang Qunyan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then said: "Please give orders to the town!" ”

Liu Juntao said: "After all the Shandong guards are abolished this time, the soldiers from all over the country have been reorganized, and the number of soldiers who can be integrated into the battalion should not be too much, and the vast majority of the soldiers will be dismissed, including those generals, so this town needs to help the adults to stabilize the hearts of the people!" ”

Xiang Qun clenched his fists and said, "This is the duty of the lowly position!" Please rest assured that the humble post will do his best to do a good job in this matter! ”

Liu Juntao nodded and said, "This town believes!" However, after the dismissal of the Shandong Wei Institute is over, the town wants to let Lord Xiang serve in the military department, I don't know if Lord Xiang is willing? ”

Xiang Qun immediately said: "Yes!" ”

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "This is to give up military power to adults!" ”

Xiang Qun said with a smile: "You don't have to think about it, in fact, it's not bad to serve in the military department." Although the lowly position is the commander of the capital, but it is also hereditary in the family, if the lowly position is allowed to contribute in the rear, it will definitely be able to go all out and do its best; But once on the battlefield, the ability to humble himself is a little insufficient! ”

Liu Juntao also nodded secretly when he heard this, and said secretly: "This Xiang Qun is still quite self-aware, knowing that he is not capable of leading troops in the army, and he can't occupy a good position, but it is better to serve in the military department!" ”

At this time, Xiang Qun asked, "I wonder what the general town is going to do in the military headquarters?" It is better to prepare in advance for your humble duties, so as not to miss the affairs of the military department. ”

Liu Juntao smiled and said, "Okay! Prepare for the post of Minister of the Army! ”

Xiang Qun was immediately dumbfounded.

This time Shandong Town implemented a new military system, Liu Juntao took the opportunity to report a report to the Ministry of War, requesting Hu Dexing, head of the General Department, to be appointed as the deputy chief soldier of Shandong Town.

Previously, Shandong Town had not had a deputy commander-in-chief, and Liu Juntao just took this opportunity to let Hu Dexing take this position.

In this way, when Liu Juntao led the army to the expedition, Hu Dexing could sit in Shandong Town as the deputy commander-in-chief.

Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, also quickly issued this appointment in the name of the Ministry of War.

A few days later, Liu Juntao finished dealing with the troublesome generals of the guard, sent all of them to prison for punishment, and then summoned officials above the level of the shogunate, guerrilla generals and above of the various armies, and the commander Xiang Qun to discuss the matter in the general military palace.

At the meeting, Liu Juntao announced in public the promotion of Hu Dexing to the deputy chief soldier of Shandong Town, and ordered the Central Department to immediately issue an official document appointing Hu Dexing, and then ordered the Military Department of the Military Department to immediately set up a pro-military battalion for Hu Dexing.

Hu Dexing, as the deputy commander-in-chief of Shandong Town, generally sits in the rear and will not easily lead his troops to the battle, so the strength of an infantry department is completely sufficient.

Cheng He, the director of the Central Ministry's Decree Department, and Cheng Wulei, the director of the Military Department's Recruitment Department, all received their orders with their fists.

Hu Dexing also laughed and said, "Haha! These can be regarded as second-in-command, and they are really motivated! ”

Everyone stepped forward to congratulate one after another, especially the staff general Sun Xu and the guerrilla general Meng Fanchen, who both stepped forward to congratulate Hu Dexing with laughter.

Then, Liu Juntao announced that Xiang Qun would take over the post of Minister of the Military Department, and Xiang Qun also hurriedly got up and saluted everyone.

Everyone hugged their fists again to congratulate Xiang Qun, and the hall was lively for a while.